Big cities where October is mild and dry enough to be outside all day. Of 517 places with a guide of their own around the world, 150 rate Good or better in October. These 20 are the best of them, spread so that no one corner of the map fills the list.
Where to go
- 190 · IdealCannesFrance
Rated 90 (Ideal) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 20°C, with often cloudy skies. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from September to mid November. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 288 · IdealSanta MonicaCalifornia, United States
A typical midday in October feels like 22°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 88 over the stretch. Good weather here runs from April to mid December, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid October on the map.
- 387 · IdealPort LouisMauritius
Midday in October feels like 24°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 87, Ideal, for easy outdoors. The good spell lasts about seven months, from May to November. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 485 · IdealNaplesItaly
Rated 85 (Ideal) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 21°C, with partly cloudy skies. Good weather here runs from late September to mid November, so there is room either side. See mid October on the map.
- 585 · IdealAlbufeiraPortugal
Midday in October feels like 21°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 85, Ideal, for easy outdoors. The good spell lasts about seven and a half months, from mid April to mid November. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 685 · IdealChaniáGreece
Rated 85 (Ideal) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 22°C, with partly cloudy skies. Good weather here runs from mid September to November, so there is room either side. See mid October on the map.
- 785 · IdealTrapaniItaly
A typical midday in October feels like 23°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 85 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from late September to November. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 885 · IdealLimaPeru
Midday in October feels like 18°C under usually overcast skies, which rates 85, Ideal, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from mid March to early February, so there is room either side. See mid October on the map.
- 984 · IdealÇeşmeTurkey
Midday in October feels like 21°C under mostly clear skies, which rates 84, Ideal, for easy outdoors. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from mid September to mid November. Rain is rare at this time of year. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 1083 · IdealPueblaMexico
Rated 83 (Ideal) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 21°C, with partly cloudy skies. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. See mid October on the map.
- 1182 · IdealChiclayoPeru
Rated 82 (Ideal) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 21°C, with partly cloudy skies. Good weather here runs from mid April to mid January, so there is room either side. See mid October on the map.
- 1279 · GoodSan Luis PotosíMexico
Midday in October feels like 21°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 79, Good, for easy outdoors. It rates Good or better all year, not just now. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 1379 · GoodNewcastleAustralia
Midday in October feels like 20°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 79, Good, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from September to early January, so there is room either side. See mid October on the map.
- 1479 · GoodBalneário de CamboriúBrazil
A typical midday in October feels like 23°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 79 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about eight and a half months, from April to early December. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 1579 · GoodMedellínColombia
A typical midday in October feels like 23°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 79 over the stretch. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. See mid October on the map.
- 1679 · GoodTrabzonTurkey
Rated 79 (Good) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 19°C, with partly cloudy skies. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from September to early November. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 1778 · GoodQuitoEcuador
Rated 78 (Good) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 19°C, with often cloudy skies. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. See mid October on the map.
- 1877 · GoodFukuokaJapan
Midday in October feels like 21°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 77, Good, for easy outdoors. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 1976 · GoodCoffs HarbourAustralia
Midday in October feels like 20°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 76, Good, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from mid August to mid January, so there is room either side. See mid October on the map.
- 2074 · GoodKyōtoJapan
A typical midday in October feels like 21°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 74 over the stretch. Open it on the map at mid October.
By region
How this list is worked out
The data
Every figure comes from a decade of weather-station observations, blended into one typical year and read at midday, local solar time. Scores here are averaged in October; a city missing a reading for any part of that stretch is left out rather than scored on part of it.
The rating
Easy outdoors: A comfortable feels-like gates the score — best 16–26 °C for an easy day out (strolling, sitting out, sightseeing). Dryness matters most; strong wind knocks it back. Sun is a bonus, not required. A place is also left out when its typical readings contradict its own rating, for example a high score alongside frequent rain.
The spread
To keep the list from being one coastline, entries are at least 300 km apart, no more than five come from any one region of the world, and no more than two from one country unless the list would otherwise run short. A higher-scoring place can be left out for that reason.
Only places that draw visitors
Towns and cities with plenty of hotels, guest houses and holiday lets nearby for their size, or a great many of them in all, counted from Overture Maps Places, an open dataset. That keeps out places the weather favours but nobody travels to. Where two places share one resort or city, the one a visitor would name is kept.
The dotted links open the map at that place and time of year, on the same layer. The map remembers the time of day you last chose there; set it to midday to see these exact numbers.